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EARLY-RISER ROOKE SOWS THE SEEDS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 March 2026

DIV 1 SOUTH
WESTBURY UTD 1 WILLAND ROVERS 3
By Andy Bown

WILLAND raced ahead and used a dominant first-half showing to ultimately prove worthy winners away at Westbury United.
The opening goal came early when Finley Rooke intercepted Joel Manning’s poor kick and curled the ball back over Manning.
Visiting striker Harvey Dorothy headed over when well placed, but his team soon added a second through Lewis Jagger-Kane who ran through unchallenged to finish.
Rooke and Nelson Iseguan both went close to adding to Rovers’ lead, before Dorothy made it 0-3shortly before the ...

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